Bottle attachment



Patented Oct. ll, I898.

'No. 6I2,296.

a. wo'onwAnn. BOTTLE ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Sept. 20, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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BOTTLE ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,296, dated October11, 1898.

Application filed September 20,1897. Serial No. 652,376. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H.WOODWARD, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Belmont, inthe county of Belknap and State of NewHampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bot-.

tle Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to bottle attachments; and the object in view isto provide a simple and eifective attachment which may be applied to anyordinary bottle and which is designed to measure off the dose ofmedicine to be taken and also to indicate the time at which the lastdose of medicine was taken or the time at which the next dose ofmedicine should be taken.

The detailed objects and advantages of the invention will be clearlypointed out in the course of the subjoined description.

The invention consists in an improved bottle attachment embodyingcertain novel features and details of construction and arrangement ofparts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, andincorporated in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of asufficient portion of a bottle to show the improved attachment appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the attachment with the measureremoved, and Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof with the measuring-cupdetached.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts inall theviews.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a bottle, and 2 the neckthereof. The bottle, as well as the neck, may be of any usual orpreferred construction.

In carrying out the present invention I employ a band 3, preferably ofmetal, although any desired material may be used in its manufacture.This band or collar is intended to pass around the neck of the bottle,as shown in Fig. 1, and the ends of the band are extended insubstantially parallel relation, as indicated at 4, and provided withone or more openings through which are inserted one or more bolts orscrews 5, by the tightening of which the band or collar may be claspedtightly around the neck of the bottle.

At one side a bail-shaped support or yoke 6 is attached rigidly to theband or collar 3, and the extremities of said support are bent inward toform journals 7, which enter bearing-openings 8 in an annular collarorring 9, constituting a holder for the measure, the said openings beinglocated at diametrically opposite points, as shown. Removably fitted inthe collar or ring 9 is a conical cylindrical measure 10, composed,preferably, of glass and provided with suitable graduations, asindicated at 11, to denote the amount of liquid contained therein. Thismeasure is provided with a pitcher-shaped mouth 12, so that timelyspilling of the contents thereof.

Secured to the band 3'uponone side of the neck of the bottle is a dial13, similar to that of a clock or watch and of suitable size, the saiddial being provided with numerals designating the hours of the day andbeing provided also with a hand 14 for the purpose of indicating theparticular hour at which the last dose was taken or at which the nextdose should be taken.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided asimple, convenient, and efiective attachment in which the measure isswiveled upon the support proper and adapted to maintain at all times anupright position. Thus as the bottle is tilted for emptying a portion ofthe contents thereof into the measure the mouth of the measure willalways be located just beneath the end of the bottle-neck, so as toconveniently receive the liquid poured therein. Upon restoring thebottle to its upright or normal position the cork may be inserted in theneck thereof, and at the same time the measure partially revolves uponits point of suspension and maintains its vertical position.

The dial, with its indicating-hand, is a convenient and importantadjunct to the measuring device and its support above described.

It will of course be understood that the device hereinabove described issusceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and minordetails of construction, which may accordingly be resorted to Withoutdeparting from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, and desiredto to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. A bottle attachment, embodying a band for engaging the neck of abottle, a ring havin g a free pivotal and self-ad j ustin g connec tionwith said band, and a measure removably fitted in said ring and designedto sustain itself always in position to receive the contents poured fromthe bottle, substantially as described.

2. An attachment for bottles, comprising a band adapted to fit aroundthe neck of a botthereto, a ring having a free pivotal connection withsaid support on a diametrical axis, and a measure removably fitted insaid ring, so that the major portion of its weight is be low the ringwhereby the measure is made self-righting, substantially as. described.

3. An attachment for bottles, consisting of a band to embrace the neckof the bottle, a bail-shaped supporting-yoke connected thereto at anintermediate point, and a measureholder in the form'of a ring connectedpivototally to the ends of the yoke at points diametrically opposite,substantially as and for the-purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE H. WOODWARD.

Witnesses:

EDWIN P. THOMPSON, GEO. R. 'BOVVMAN.

